There is little effect of body size on latency and landing times for mosquitofish (<i>Gambusia affinis</i>) stranded on a slope.

<p>There was no monotonic relationship between body size and the time to respond to stranding as measured by latency time: (A) body mass vs. latency time and (B) standard length vs. latency time. There was a weak monotonic relationship between body size and the total duration of the movement produced in response to stranding as measured by landing time: (C) body mass vs. landing time and (D) standard length vs. landing time. Relationships between size and timing were assessed using Spearman’s rank correlation analysis under the <i>a priori</i> hypothesis that larger fish are slower and the null hypothesis of no change in timing with size; see text for additional details.